Music of Turkey and Music of Korea

Music of Turkey Ensemble
May 17 2024 Concert Notes, prepared by Münir Beken:

Performers:
Münir Beken (ud-voice)
Choon Hwee Koh (darbuka)
Mikey Aboutboul (ney-cümbüs)
Galilea Barrera (voice)
Danyal Beken (cello)
Suzan Beken (voice)
Cooper Grove Burdick (voice)
Lily Isabella Callaghan (voice)
John Maxwell Gaily (bendir)
Sevginaz Gurleyici (lavta)
Stephanie Hyunsoo Choi (voice)
Alyssa Kurt (voice)
Ruby Tekori Lim-Moreno (ud)
Ian Price (bendir)
Nathan Z Puopolo (double bass)
Christopher Ramsey (kanun)
Aden Tezolmez (voice)

Program:
Ottoman Court Music
Taksim (solo improvisation) Münir Beken
Rast Nakıs Beste “Amed nesim-i subhu dem” (by Abdülkadir Meragi 1360-1435)
Rast Yürük Semai “Gelse o suh meclise” (by Hafız Post 1630?-1694)
Rast Şarkı “Yine bir gül nihal” (by İsmail Dede Efendi 1778-1846)
Rast Şarkı “Nihansın dideden” (by Hacı Faik Bey 1831-1891)

Sufi Ritual Music
Uşşak Nefes “Ben melamet hırkasını kendim giydim eğnime” (Anonymous, lyrics by Nesimi 1369-1418)
Müşterek Taksim (joint improvisation)
Ferahfeza Son Pesrev
Ferahfeza Son Yürük Semai

Urban Songs
Müşterek Taksim (joint improvisation)
Nihavend Türkü “Üsküdara gider iken” (Anonymous)
Sehnaz Buselik Şarkı “Yolun bulamam” (by Denizlioğlu Ali Bey ?-1860)
Nihavend Şarkı “Hatırla sevgili o mesut geceyi” (by Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi 1889-1947)
Rast Kanto “Darıldınmı cicim bana” (Anonymous from Istanbul)

Music of Korea Ensemble

(Director, Gamin Kang)

This performance promotes the musical heritage of Korea by presenting traditional performing arts that came from a long history of shamanic ritual through agricultural society. Korean Music Ensemble is led by an engaging multi-instrumentalist Dr. Gamin Kang.

Dr. Gamin Kang, and Student performers will present techniques on multiple Korean instruments, such as danso (bamboo flute), piri (small double reed oboe), janggu (hourglass drum), and gayageum (12 string zither). The program includes folk songs from various regions of Korea, farmer’s music, and ritualistic performance.

Samulnori

Kkwaenggari (small metal gong), janggo (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (brass gong)

Kkwanggari by gamin

Janggo by LEONG, LAURYN N / CHOI, CONNOR MINGYU / DEL REAL, JUAN MANUEL / DEFRANCE, FIONA YOUNG / LIN, XIAO CHRISTINA / PARK, MINJOO / YOON, MELODY MAY

Buk by VERAYO, DERRIC RUSSEL / PARK, SUHEON / TRAN, THUYEN BICH

Jing by KIM, REINA

Jeongseon Arirang, Hanobaeknyeon & Gangwondo Arirang for piri (double-reed bamboo oboe)

Piri by O'SULLIVAN, RYAN GREENWOOD  / DEL REAL, JUAN MANUEL / VERAYO, DERRIC RUSSEL / KANG, GAMIN

Arirang for Gayageum (12 string zither)

Arirang, Milyang Arirang, Jindo Arirang

Gayageum by CARRAHER, CASSANDRA MARIE  / CASTILLO, DARIEN ALEXIS  / DEFRANCE, FIONA YOUNG  / LEE, HYERIN  / SHIN, HYOJI / ST GERARD, ROMAN LEE  / TRAN, THUYEN BICH / YOON, MELODY MAY / PARK, MINJOO / SOHN, CHRISTOPHER / LEE, JUNGHWA

Folk Song Medley for Danso (bamboo flute) & Gayageum

Arirang, Doraji, Nilliliya, Kyung Bok Gung Taryeong

Danso by LEONG, LAURYN N / CHOI, CONNOR MINGYU / LIN, XIAO CHRISTINA /PARK, SUHEON / SOHN, CHRISTOPHER

Gayageum by VERAYO, DERRIC RUSSEL / KIM, REINA / CASCIATO, JORDAN ELISE

Janggo by gamin

Pan-Gut

Kkwaenggari (small metal gong), janggo (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (brass gong), taepyungso (double-reed shawn), sangmo (folk arts hat)

Kkwanggari by JJ

Janggo by SOHN, CHRISTOPHER / SHIN, HYOJI / CASTILLO, DARIEN ALEXIS / LEE, HYERIN / SHIN, ELAINE

Buk by CARRAHER, CASSANDRA MARIE / O'SULLIVAN, RYAN GREENWOOD / ST GERARD, ROMAN LEE

Jing by CASCIATO, JORDAN ELISE

Sangmo by LEE, KYUNG AH

Taepyungso by gamin

Program Notes

Samulnori

“Four things play”, samulnori is a modernized, urbanized stage production based on rhythms of farmers’ band music, pungmul, and gut, shaman ritual, of various regions of Korea. Korean samulnori features the dynamic interplay of four percussion instruments known as the janggo (hourglass drum), buk (barrel drum), jing (large gong), and kkwaenggwari (small gong). Samulnori is a neo-traditional percussion genre that was first performed in 1978 in Seoul. The genre draws its roots from a much older musical tradition known as p’ungmul, which was associated with village rituals and agrarian life in Korea for many centuries.

Hanobaeknyeon & Gangwondo Arirang for piri

Jeongseon (Jeongseon-gun) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea. It is famous as the hometown of "Jeongseon Arirang," a traditional Korean folksong. All three folk  songs came from Gangwon-do, a mountainous, forested province in northeast South Korea. Hanobaeknyeon means five hundred years.

Arirang for Gayageum : Arirang, Milyang Arirang, Jindo Arirang

“Arirang” is a song of love and longing, and has been sung across the lands of Korea through the passing of thousands of years. The most representative of Korea’s original folk music, it has been recreated through various different musical interpretations (Tori) in each of Korea’s diverse local regions. Today this ensemble will play 3 different versions from Seoul, Milyang, and Jindo.

Folk Song Medley for Danso (bamboo flute) & Gayageum : Arirang, Doraji, Nilliliya, Kyung Bok-gung Taryeong,

Regional folk songs from seoul, gyeonggi province, Gyeonggi minyo (folk song) generally uses anhemitonic pentatonic scales and is sung with a clear, lyrical vocal quality. Typically, the songs are set to a regular and repeating 12-beat rhythm cycle, such as the moderately paced semachi, slightly faster dance-like pattern gutgeori, or jajinmori.

Pan-Gut

‘Pan’ means stage, and ‘gut’ is a representation of a ritual. When Pan and Gul meet, rhythmic dancing and the sounds made naturally harmonize. It is a popular performing art derived from communal rites and rustic entertainments. It has evolved into a representative performing art of Korea, combining a percussion ensemble and sometimes wind instruments, parading, dancing, drama and acrobatic feats.

Student performers

CARRAHER, CASSANDRA MARIE (gayageum, buk)

CASTILLO, DARIEN ALEXIS (gayageum, janggo)

DEFRANCE, FIONA YOUNG (gayageum, janggo)

LEE, HYERIN (gayageum, janggo)

LEONG, LAURYN N (danso, janggo)

O'SULLIVAN, RYAN GREENWOOD (piri, buk)

SHIN, HYOJI (gayageum, janggo)

ST GERARD, ROMAN LEE (gayageum, buk)

TRAN, THUYEN BICH (gayageum, buk)

YOON, MELODY MAY (gayageum, janggo)

CASCIATO, JORDAN ELISE (gayageum, Jing)

CHOI, CONNOR MINGYU (danso, janggo)

DEL REAL, JUAN MANUEL (piri, janggo)

LIN, XIAO CHRISTINA (danso, janggo)

PARK, MINJOO (gayageum, janggo)

PARK, SUHEON (danso, buk)

SOHN, CHRISTOPHER (danso, gayageum, janggo)

VERAYO, DERRIC RUSSEL (gayageum, piri, buk)

KIM, REINA (gayageum, Jing)

• Guest performers

Junghwa Lee, gayageum

Kyung Ah Lee, sangmo performance

• Community members

Elaine Shin, janggo

Jard Hsu, kkwanggari

• Our Supporters

UCLA Center for Korean Studies (Director Namhee Lee)

Korean Traditional Music Institute of America (President  Mija Kim)

• About the Director, Dr. Gamin Kang

https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/people/gamin-kang/

• Music of Korea Ensemble

https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/ensembles/music-of-korea-ensemble/

•  SUPPORT  UCLA Music of Korea

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